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Bartholin Duct Cysts and Abscesses: A Rational Approach to Treatment

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Few office or outpatient procedures bring greater or faster relief of pain to the patient than the rapid and appropriate treatment of an acute Bartholin duct abscess. The surgical treatment for these abscesses has evolved from a very complicated (and bloody) vulvar dissection with subsequent removal of the Bartholin gland and a 4- or 5-day hospital stay to today’s complete treatment in the office or emergency room. The anatomy and physiology of this somewhat obscure gland, the differential diagnoses a physician should consider, and the treatment options available, taking into account the expense involved and the location where the patient is treated, will be analyzed in this chapter.

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  1. Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University of Chicago, Maywood, IL, 60153, USA

    John V. Knaus D.O. (Clinical Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chairman, Chief) & John H. Isaacs M.D. (Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Gynecologist-in-Chief) (Clinical Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chairman, Chief) &  (Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Gynecologist-in-Chief)

  2. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecologic, St. Francis Hospital, Evanston, IL, 60202, USA

    John V. Knaus D.O. (Clinical Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chairman, Chief) (Clinical Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chairman, Chief)

  3. Section of Gynecologic Oncology, St. Francis Hospital, Evanston, IL, 60202, USA

    John V. Knaus D.O. (Clinical Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chairman, Chief) (Clinical Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chairman, Chief)

  4. St. Francis Hospital, Evanston, IL, 60202, USA

    John H. Isaacs M.D. (Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Gynecologist-in-Chief) (Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Gynecologist-in-Chief)

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Doty, D.W. (1993). Bartholin Duct Cysts and Abscesses: A Rational Approach to Treatment. In: Knaus, J.V., Isaacs, J.H. (eds) Office Gynecology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-4340-3_22

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